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Engineering advances could boost performance of Canadian athletes

UBC engineering Prof. Savvas Hatzikiriakos discusses his research on a friction-reducing surface for snowboards in a feature about UBC’s work to boost Canada’s medal count at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.

Jan 11, 2010

Google founding investor gives $2M for Nobel laureate-led education transformations at UBC

A UBC alumnus widely credited for mentoring Google’s founders and helping establish the company is supporting science education transformations with a $2-million gift to the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative (CWSEI).

Jan 11, 2010